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@ 2008-08-26 15:40:00
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Serious Poll: How reliably can you crack an egg without damaging the yolk?


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[info]moebot
2008-08-26 08:51 pm UTC (link)
This is the only cooking-related thing I can accomplish. But it seems that I can only do it when no one is watching.

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[info]paul_le_fou
2008-08-26 09:54 pm UTC (link)
just plain crack and open an egg? I don't recall ever having a problem with damaging the yolk in doing that. So: very reliably.

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[info]qable
2008-08-26 10:04 pm UTC (link)
Nine times out of ten.

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[info]crystaldawn
2008-08-26 10:25 pm UTC (link)
Like every damn time.

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[info]sarraceniaceae
2008-08-26 10:29 pm UTC (link)
Always! Except occasionally when I'm trying to do a lemon merinue pie in a hurry and only have three eggs. I blame Murphy's law.

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[info]xen0glossy
2008-08-26 10:30 pm UTC (link)
I've... never had a problem with it that I can remember?

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[info]lakupo
2008-08-26 10:39 pm UTC (link)
I was cracking eggs for omelets this afternoon and my mom said "I don't like those eggs, the yolks break too easily, and they're not yellow enough", so it may be an issue with the kinds of eggs you buy! I was doing okay cracking them, but a one or two broke. 75 percent average? I dunno, I don't keep track.

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[info]eldena
2008-08-26 10:57 pm UTC (link)
Huh, I can't say I ever thought of that. That could be an excuse to hide behind, cause judging by this post I'm way below the curve!

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[info]lakupo
2008-08-26 11:49 pm UTC (link)
I don't know, it could be 50 percent for me, as I said, I don't keep track. How are you breaking them, though? Cracking them against the rim of a bowl, or against a flat surface? (the latter is the method a lot of chefs on TV say to use)

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[info]eldena
2008-08-27 12:16 am UTC (link)
It's always been a bowl... I've never heard of trying a flat surface. I'm learning things!

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[info]lakupo
2008-08-27 12:26 am UTC (link)
Video example! The general idea is to prevent egg shards, but it's arguable that breaking eggs on a bowl rim sends shards upwards, thus breaking the yolk, so that might make a difference.

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[info]chocoincognito
2008-08-30 03:18 pm UTC (link)
THIS EGG METAGAME IS AMAZING.

All I make are omelets, anyway, so this doesn't really apply to me that much. Not many pieces of shell make it into my glass measuring cup, either. Maybe I hold a secret to this process?!

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[info]gangstavidel
2008-08-27 12:13 am UTC (link)
I have a 95% success rate with this. The fail rate usually comes when I want to make meringue and then I have to make scrambled eggs with it to feel better about breaking the damn yolks so many times.

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[info]chime
2008-08-27 12:44 am UTC (link)
Generally I can, but I don't cook with eggs too often these days. Whenever I get eggs, I make about two, and then the other four just sit in the fridge until it's time to throw them out! And I got tired of that, so I stopped buying them.

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[info]scootermcgaffin
2008-08-27 11:01 am UTC (link)
About 99.999% It has never happened, but I am aware of the possibility of it happening so in good conscience I cannot say 100%.

I am, however, available for hire for any and all egg cracking needs.

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[info]mullenkamp
2008-08-27 11:48 am UTC (link)
I don't think I've ever broken a yolk. Or gotten shell mixed in. I've been told that you're supposed to always crack them into a cup before putting it in whatever, so that you can dig the shell bits out... but I've seriously never had either of these problems, I just rap them on the side of whatever they're going into, and crack them open.

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[info]eldena
2008-08-27 03:37 pm UTC (link)
Okay, you people all suck.

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[info]comicsan
2008-08-27 08:54 pm UTC (link)
The only time I've broken a yolk is when I spectacularly fail at cracking the egg in the first place... like the shell comes off but the thin skin layer is there, keeping it all inside, so I have to press again and... well you see.

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